Assistant Group Accountant

SUMMARY:
Our client is seeking an Assistant Group Accountant to perform daily accounting tasks that will supp

POSITION INFO:

Our client is seeking an Assistant Group Accountant to perform daily accounting tasks that will support their financial team.

Responsibilities:

• Recommend new or updated controls where warranted.

• Ensuring interdepartmental cohesiveness and efficiency.

• Performing monthly payroll imports for operations divisions.

• Monthly review and summary preparation of the balance sheet accounts and recons performed by divisional accountants.

• Preparation and reporting on the monthly balance sheet recons for corporate division.

• Maintain the asset registers for corporate division.

• Enquire, review and follow-up on the status of the group's asset registers.

• Assisting in the preparation of the annual audit.

• Assisting in the preparation and management of the annual BEE audit.

• Assisting in the preparation of and reporting on the monthly BEE efforts.

• Assisting in the preparation and reporting of the monthly finance report.

• Processing of monthly recurring journals for the group.

• Processing of duly authorised ad-hoc journals as required from time to time.

• Serving as the main backup for the Group financial accountant when absent from work.

• Maintaining an up-to-date record keeping and filing system.

• Assisting both the cashbook and creditors department in keeping up with deadlines as required.

• Analytical review of financial information.

• Internal auditing and writing of audit reports where audits was performed.

Skills:

• Advanced MS Office proficiency.

• Integrative thinking.

• Advanced financial acumen.

• Performance and deadline driven.

• Customer focused.

• Planning and organising.

• Promotes collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

• Leads team to implement and manage change.

Qualifications:

• Newly qualified CA (SA)/ITC exam completed.

• Completed articles.

• SAICA registered.

• Minimum 0-3 years experience post articles.